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Hugo Chavez: ‘If I Were American, I’d Vote for Obama’

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gives the book "The Open Veins of Latin America" to President Barack Obama during the Summit of the Americas at in Port of Spain, Trinidad April 18, 2009. (Getty Images)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has offered his endorsement of President Barack Obama’s re-election.

And not just that, he think Obama would vote for him too.

“If I were American, I’d vote for Obama,” Chavez said in a televised interview that aired Sunday, according to the Associated Press.

Chavez is seeking another six-year term in an election next weekend. According to Reuters, he’s confident that if it were possible, he’d have Obama’s support.

“Obama is a good guy … I think that if Obama was from Barlovento or some Caracas neighborhood, he’d vote for Chavez,” he said.